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Dynamic monitoring and structural modelling

Dynamic monitoring of Cultural Heritage, buildings and infrastructures, data analysis and Digital Twins development, for conservation

Testing on infill wall by MEMS accelerometric sensors

Testing on infill wall by MEMS accelerometric sensors

Finite element model of the temple of Minerva Medica in Rome by MidasGen software

Finite element model of the temple of Minerva Medica in Rome by MidasGen software

Application sectors

Cultural heritageBuilding technologies for infrastructure monitoring and safety

Problem to solve

Conservation and maintenance of Cultural Heritage and existing buildings and infrastructures

Description

The proposed technology is based on dynamic monitoring to characterize structures belonging to cultural and architectural heritage and infrastructures, adopting codes for data analysis adaptable to the specific structure under examination and related to the possibility of developing finite element digital twins. The objective is the evaluation of the presence of structural damage and the observation in time of the relevant parameters for prevention from the perspective of conservation

Innovative aspects and advantages

  • Data analysis is not based on commercial software and is adaptable to specific cases

Technological Maturity 9

TRL

Strengths

  • Cost
  • Social/economic relevance
  • Legal/regulatory content

Admissible applications

  • Development of twin structural models of the real structure (Digital Twins)
  • Evaluation of traffic-induced vibration, or vibration induced by other dynamical actions, on monuments with the purpose of conservation
  • Structural health monitoring of cultural heritage and existing buildings and infrastructures, with the purpose of anomaly detection in the dynamic behavior associated to damage

Research group involved

Saitta Fernando SSPT-IMPACT-SPAC ;Iovinella Ivano SSPT-IMPACT-SPAC ;Marzo Anna SSPT-IMPACT-SPAC ;Tripepi Concetta SSPT-IMPACT-SPAC

Revision date

30-01-2026

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Dynamic monitoring and structural modelling